Nora Denney
Biography
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Nora Denney (September 3, 1927 – November 20, 2005), also known and credited as Dodo Denney, was an American stage, television, and film actress.
Her show business career began in Kansas City when she was hired by the local television station Channel 5 (KCMO TV) to play Marilyn the Witch, an onscreen host for horror movies. She performed in many television series, including Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Hart to Hart, Get Smart, Room 222 and That Girl, and her film credits included Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), I Walk the Line (1970), Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971), I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975), American Hot Wax (1978) and Truman (1995). She made her final film appearance in 1999, in Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil.
Perhaps her most notable film role was as Mrs. Teevee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson.
Filmography
Ride with the Devil
1999
as Elderly Woman
Truman
1995
as Mama Truman
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
as Bridge Player
Splash
1984
as Ms. Stein
Force: Five
1981
The Gong Show Movie
1980
as Tourist
Skag
1980
The Koozebanian
1978
as Pamela Nelson
American Hot Wax
1978
as Louise's Mom
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
1975
as Theatre Ticket Clerk
Once Upon a Mattress
1972
as Lady Agatha
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Trudy
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
as Mrs. Teevee
I Walk the Line
1970
as Darlene Hunnicutt
Who's Minding the Mint?
1967
as Bertha
A Fine Madness
1966
as Waitress
The Trouble with Women
1959
as Myrtle Malloy